#42D2B2#42D2B2

#42D2B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.130 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2B2
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 178)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 15.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -45.50, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 45.75, 173.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.1291 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.13 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3252, 50.4620, 50.0947)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2B2 #D24262

analogous

#42D26A #42D2B2 #42AAD2

triadic

#42D2B2 #B242D2 #D2B242

tetradic

#42D2B2 #6A42D2 #D24262 #AAD242

square

#42D2B2 #6A42D2 #D24262 #AAD242

split-complementary

#42D2B2 #D242AA #D26A42

monochromatic

#1E7C67 #29AD90 #42D2B2 #73DEC6 #A5EADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#42D2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2B2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2B2	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC5B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.130 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0c9',
    500: '#42d2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2b2;
$custom-light: #89e0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77981,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2B2

secondary

#843446

accent

#4367E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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